While you rest, you scan the area for auras. Not including the looming giant that you're heading towards, there are quite a few. One of them, which is fairly close, seems to come from a very large bird-like thing. A giant cave swallow?
"What?" you ask the goblins. "Giant cave swallows? You're kidding, right?" Nope. You wonder what would lead to swallows living in caves, and what, exactly, would cause them to grow giant. "Magic," you say to yourself. It explains everything, really.
You mentally observe the bird until it flies off, then continue your scan. You mostly observe small things, hopping from cap to cap, fluttering, spinning webs, and wriggling in the mud.
Your scan complete, you investigate further the giant you are seeking. It appears to be dormant, quiet, and uninteresting. Taking full advantage of this, you examine every part of it. It appears to have the shape of an immense feline, curled into a sleeping position. You listen for any activity, mental or physical, but there is nothing interesting. Only some threads of half-remembered dreams, all about chasing smaller creatures.
You draw back into your own consciousness and sit up. You begin to wonder if you can convince Fortresssparks to make itself hollow to form larger weapons. You have it turn into a knife again and start thinking of things it might be able to form.
You start off with something simple: a short sword. You ask it to hollow itself out to make the blade larger, but it is very reluctant to do so. When you finally convince it try, you take it to the nearest tree and slice right through. The tree flops over into the thicker part of the forest, leaning on its neighbors for support. You inspect the blade very closely, but see no marks on it.
"There," you say to it. "No damage at all! There's nothing to be worried about." It strikes you that you shouldn't have to comfort an instrument of war, but it's still young. You have it form other things, a spear, a pike, a naginata, and it preforms just fine. You then have it become a grappling hook. You tie it to the rope you were provided and climb atop the nearest treeshroom. Hiding Fortresssparks and collecting your rope, you continue your journey, walking over the sea of trees instead of through it.
Another few hours of walking brings you to a sheer wall that ends at the ceiling several hundred feet above. It stretches for what looks like miles to both your left and right. To make things worse, your lantern is flickering. You suspect that it will only last for a few more minutes.
can we try to find a cause for why the poeple disappeared or can we find out later?? uknow tie off a few ends
All in due time. When we find our way back to the surface, we will probably investigate these things. For now, however, we are still in the caverns.
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